Scott Fitzgerald (singer)
- Scott Fitzgerald (singer)
Scott Fitzgerald (born William McPhail,
Forsyth joined Fitzgerald on stage at the contest in Dublin, alongside her husband Dominic Grant (also of Guys n' Dolls) and Des Dyer (formerly of Jigsaw) to perform backing vocals. Ronnie Hazlehurst conducted the live orchestration. Scott lost the contest, by one point, to Switzerland's entry performed by Celine Dion. According to author and contest historian John Kennedy O'Connor in his book "The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History", this was the closest contest yet. The winning margin being 0.73%. [O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3] "Go" climbed to a modest #52 in the UK Singles Chart.[cite book]
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 201
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5] Fitzgerald had previously hit the UK Singles Chart in 1978, singing "If I Had Words", a duet with Yvonne Keeley with the St. Thomas More School Choir;
ee also
*One-hit wonders in the UK
References
External links
* [http://www.diggiloo.net/?info.1988uk Eurovision fansite information on Scott Fitzgerald]
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